Tetracyanobutadiene Bridged Push-Pull Chromophores

Development of New Generation Optoelectronic Materials

authored by

Yuvraj Patil, Holger Butenschön, Rajneesh Misra

Abstract

This review describes the design strategies used for the synthesis of various tetracyanobutadiene bridged donor-acceptor molecular architectures by a click type [2+2] cycloaddition-retroelectrocyclization (CA-RE) reaction sequence. The photophysical and electrochemical properties of the tetracyanobutadiene bridged molecular architectures based on various moieties including diketopyrrolopyrrole, isoindigo, benzothiadiazole, pyrene, pyrazabole, truxene, boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY), phenothiazine, triphenylamine, thiazole and bisthiazole are summarized. Further, we discuss some important applications of the tetracyanobutadiene bridged derivatives in dye sensitized solar cells, bulk heterojunction solar cells and photothermal cancer therapy.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Organic Chemistry

External Organisation(s)

Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IITI)

Type

Review article

Journal

The chemical record

Volume

23

No. of pages

30

ISSN

1527-8999

Publication date

19.01.2023

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemistry(all), Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering(all), Materials Chemistry

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202200208 (Access: Open)